Ever notice a quote in a newspaper article or other written source that has an obvious typo or grammatical gaffe followed by [sic]? That part in brackets means "
thus was it written", basically owning that the writer knows that the something's amok in the quote with spelling, syntax, or whatever, but that's how it was originally stated.
Ergo...
- The Kindergartner in the family greatly enjoyed his snack from [the lucky pot] (otherwise known as "potluck") one day this week.
- The Second Grader was eager to tell his dad that the lad had been allowed to bring home the classroom 2013 [alamanack] to peruse at his leisure.
I'd add these to [
stoo-dul] in our family dictionary of
toddlerisms, were it not for the fact that the lads who utter such endearing blunders are hardly toddlers anymore. Apparently, a
new chapter is in order.
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